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R2006-209 12-11-06 RESOLUTION NO. R2006-209 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF THE BLUE RIDGE LANDFILL. WHEREAS, Blue Ridge Landfill TX, LP has submitted a permit application for the expansion of the Blue Ridge Landfill; and WHEREAS, the Blue Ridge Landfill is located immediately west of FM 521, in close proximity to residential areas; and WHEREAS, these residential areas include Shadow Creek Ranch, a Master Planned community located within the city limits of the City of Pearland; and WHEREAS, Pearland residents located near the Blue Ridge Landfill are concerned about a number of issues regarding the landfill expansion; and WHEREAS, these factors include 1) a proposal to fill the site to a height of 170 feet above the current grade and the resulting impact on the appearance of the area, 2) the ability of existing landfill technology to provide for safe disposal and storage of garbage in a facility of this height, 3) traffic impact on area roads from a greatly enlarged facility, 4) potential for odors that could impact the quality of life in the surrounding area, 5) possible impact on property values, 6) potential for impact on groundwater in the area, and 7) potential for health risks to residents in the area; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Pearland is aware of the concerns of its residents, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS THAT IT IS OPPOSED TO THE EXPANSION OF THE BLUE RIDGE LANDFILL AND THAT IT URGES THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO RESOLUTION NO. R2006-209 DENY THE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE BLUE RIDGE LANDFILL PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this the 11th day of December, A.D., 2006. ~mrJ Dw TOM REID MAYOR ATTEST: ~~7 ITY S RET ARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: a~-, It.~ DARRIN M. COKER CITY ATTORNEY 2 • • BLUE RIDGE LANDFILL FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS TCEQ PERMIT NO. MSW-1505A MAJOR PERMIT AMENDMENT APPLICATION • APPLICATION SUMMARY r • Prepared for Blue Ridge Landfill TX,LP December 2005 • • Prepared by Weaver Boos Consultants,LLC—Southwest 6420 Southwest Boulevard,Suite 206 Fort Worth,Texas 76109 • 817-735-9770 WBC Project No. 0120-405-11-27-02 • • APPLICATION SUMMARY The purpose of this Major Permit Amendment is to vertically and horizontally expand the Blue Ridge Landfill (BRLF). The facility's permit boundary will be expanded to accommodate the proposed solid waste fill area. The existing Type I municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is owned and operated by Blue Ridge Landfill TX, LP,which is a Delaware limited partnership qualified to do business in Texas. Blue Ridge Landfill TX, LP's managing general partner is Allied Waste Landfill Holdings, Inc., which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (Allied). Allied is one of the leading solid waste management companies in the nation. Allied provides nonhazardous waste collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services to residential, municipal, and commercial customers throughout the country. Blue Ridge Landfill TX, LP has contracted with Weaver Boos Consultants,LLC—Southwest(WBC)to prepare this Permit Amendment Application. WBC is an environmental engineering firm specializing in the development of solid waste disposal facilities. In addition to WBC, the project team also includes Northrup and Associates, Inc. (Land Use Consultant), John Worrell (Land Use Consultant),JWH&Associates,Inc. (Traffic Consultant), Biggs and Mathews Consulting Engineers (Geology and Hydrogeology), The Wilson Survey Group (Surveying), Fugro Consultants LP (Geotechnical Report), Carel Corporation (Groundwater Sampling and Analysis Plan), and Berg-Oliver Associates, Inc. (Wetlands and Endangered and Threatened Species). This major permit amendment application has been developed consistent with agreements that have been reached with Fort Bend County and Missouri City. As part of these agreements both Fort Bend County and Missouri City support this expansion application. In addition, Blue Ridge Landfill TX, LP has agreed to limit the height of the landfiil, establish a landscape buffer around the perimeter of the site, and direct waste collection vehicles used by Allied to use only certain access roads. In addition, this amendment application has been developed consistent with a January 2002 Fort Bend County Order which defined acceptable areas for solid waste disposal sites. The application has been prepared consistent with the State of Texas requirements set forth in Title 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 330. Parts I and II of this permit application have been combined in accordance with §330.53(a)(2). Parts I/II present information specific to existing conditions on and around the proposed site and legal matters regarding the entities involved in the application process. Part III of the application contains the required engineering information, the geology and geotechnical reports, and other required information. The Site Operating Plan (SOP) is included in Part IV. Weaver Boos Consultants,LLC—Southwest CIDOCUME—IIE•FOODOILOCALS-/ITENPL4PPLJCAIDOC Rev.0,I2 28ros AppfeaCmo Summary 1 of 6 • The following information presents a summary of the design and operations of the proposed Blue Ridge Landfill expansion. • The Blue Ridge Landfill is an existing Type I municipal solid waste landfill facility (Permit No. MSW-1505) located south/southwest of the intersection of FM 2234 and FM 521.The address of the landfill entrance is: Blue Ridge Landfill 2200 FM 521 Fresno,Texas 77545 • The permit boundary for the existing facility is approximately 598.6 acres. With • this permit amendment application, the permit boundary will be increased to 1,344.88 acres. • The existing solid waste fill area is approximately 301.89 acres. With this permit amendment application, the solid waste fill area will be increased to • 784.24 acres. • A summary of the capacity(volume of waste and cover soils) of the site is listed below: • - Remaining capacity of existing site (Permit No. MSW-1505) = 16.88 million cubic yards (as of February 15,2004) - Increase due to expansion= 141.12 million cubic yards - Remaining capacity of the site with the proposed expansion (Permit No. MSW-1505A)= 158.00 million cubic yards(as of February 15,2004) • The maximum elevation of final cover will be 235 feet above mean sea level (ft-msl), and the minimum elevation of the proposed landfill excavation grades will be approximately 16.88 ft-msl. The existing ground elevation in the vicinity of the site is approximately 70 ft-msl. • • The rate of solid waste acceptance at this facility is projected to increase at the same rate as the service area population growth rate. The current disposal rate is approximately 1,095,000 tons per year (based on 3,000 tons per day and 365 days per year). The projected maximum waste acceptance rate is 9,643 tons per day, but is not limited to this amount. The estimated site life is 40.3 years(from February 15, 2004) which results in 2044 being the anticipated closure year. Supporting calculations are included in Part III,Appendix lIIA. • The facility will accept municipal solid waste resulting from or incidental to municipal, community, commercial, institutional, and recreational activities; municipal solid waste resulting from construction or demolition projects; Weaver Boos Consultants,LLC—Southwest C:IDOCUME-IUtl•J0000V.00ALS-IO7 401APPL1CALDOC Rev.0,12/782o05 Application Summary 2of6 • Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 non-hazardous industrial solid waste accepted • pursuant to §330.137;and special waste defined in§330.2(Definitions). • The character of land within one mile of the site is predominantly vacant or undeveloped. Residential development has occurred within one mile and growth trends of the nearest community(Pearland)indicate that residential development will continue to occur. The nearest residence is approximately 470 feet south of the permit boundary; the nearest business establishment is approximately 200 feet north of the permit boundary. The site is within the ETJ of Houston and is not zoned nor subject to zoning. • The primary access roadways to the site are FM 521, FM 2234 (also known as • McHard Road or Texas Parkway), and Trammel-Fresno Road. Other major thoroughfares utilized include State Highway(SH)288(also,known as the South Freeway in Harris County or the Nolan Ryan Expressway in Brazoria County), SH 6, Beltway 8, and FM 3345. These roads collectively provide excellent access to the site. • A composite liner (3-foot-thick compacted clay overlain by a geomembrane liner) and leachate collection system will be constructed according to §330.200(a)(2),§332.201, and§330.200(f),as shown in Part III,Attachment 6C. The liner system will serve as a bather to waste and leachate. • The area dedicated for Class I non-hazardous industrial solid waste will be lined with a composite liner system consisting of a 60-mil HDPE FML overlying a 3- foot-thick compacted clay soil liner with a hydraulic conductivity of no more than 1x10-7 cm/sec. A 4-foot-thick compacted clay-rich barrier soil layer will be placed over the Class I waste as a separation layer between the Class I waste and the municipal solid waste to be placed above. A chimney drain system will be constructed to allow a pathway for the overlying MSW leachate to drain to the leachate collection system. The Class I waste liner system, leachate collection system, barrier soil layer, and chimney drain system will be constructed according 'to §330.200(a)(2), §332.201, and §330.200(f) as detailed in Attachment 6C and subject to the requirements of the SLQCP (refer to • Attachment 10). The working faces for the Class I waste area and the MSW area will each have runon and runoff controls as outlined in Attachment 15. • Leachate collected by the landfill's leachate collection system will be pumped through a dual contained forcemain to above ground storage tanks as set forth in Part III, Attachment 15. Collected leachate will be either (1) re-circulated into the waste mass in accordance with the procedures set forth in Part III, Attachment 15, or (2) discharged to an authorized publicly owned treatment works (POTW)or permitted commercial treatment facility. • Weaver Boos Consultants,LLC—Southwest CIDOCUME IREF1700OVACAL3—IITGIPIAPPL(CAwCC Rev.0.12I2B2005 Applicadan summary 3 of 6 • • • • Above grade waste disposal will be confined to the lines and grades set forth in Part III, Attachment 7A - Landfill Completion Plan. Side fill slopes will not exceed an overall slope of 25 percent from the toe of the side embankment to the top of the side embankment. The slope of the landfill crown will be constructed at a maximum slope of six percent. • The composite final cover system (erosion layer/geomembrane liner/18-inch thick compacted clay layer) will be constructed over the entire landfill area as shown in Part III, Attachment 6C. The final cover will serve as a barrier to waste,leachate, and gas migration and will also limit the infiltration of rainfall. • This permit includes numerous improvements to the existing permitted drainage system. Stormwater runoff will be collected in-swales located near the upper grade break on the landfill and on the 4 (Horizontal) to 1 (Vertical) side slopes, and then conveyed to drainage let-down structures (chutes) down the 25 percent slopes to the perimeter drainage system. The perimeter drainage system will be constructed in the general sequence shown in Part III, Attachments 1D through 1J—Sector Development Sequence Plans. Stormwater drainage from developed landfill areas will be directed to detention ponds before being discharged from the site on the east side of the permit boundary. On September 29, 2005, Fort Bend County Drainage District (FBCDD) issued an approval letter for the proposed drainage design associated with this expansion (refer to Part III, Attachment 6B). • The facility has been designed to prevent discharge of pollutants into waters of • the State or waters of the United States,as defined by the Texas Water Code and the Federal Clean Water Act,respectively. Blue Ridge Landfill TX,LP has filed a Notice of Intent (NO1) with the TCEQ to discharge stormwater runoff consistent with a TPDES Multi-Sector general permit for industrial activity as stipulated under Section §402 of Clean Water Act and under Chapter 26 of the Texas Water Code(the TPDES program). • • A final cover system that meets all regulatory requirements will be constructed to minimize the potential for stormwater infiltration into the waste disposal area after closure. The construction procedures for the cover system follow strict TCEQ-approved quality control and quality assurance procedures and construction will be verified by an independent testing firm. Each of the containment system components must be thoroughly reviewed and approved by the TCEQ. • There are two defined aquifers—the Chicot and Evangeline Aquifers—located beneath the site. Together, these aquifers comprise the Gulf Coast Aquifer, which is classified as a major aquifer by the State of Texas, Some shallow groundwater is contained in clays and sandy clays of Stratum I and the sands and silty sands of Stratum I-A at the site. The shallow groundwater in Stratum I • Weaver Boos Consultants,LLC—Southwest C:IDOCl/ME-II E 00001LOCALF-II7Fd9IAPPL/CA2.DOC Rev.0,12t22/2005 AppIption Summary 4 of 6 and Stratum I-A flows generally from south to north at the site at a slow rate. Stratum II, which lies below the deepest planned excavation, is the uppermost aquifer at the site. Groundwater in Stratum II moves generally toward the north • and northeast areas of the site at a slow rate. • The purpose of the groundwater monitoring system is to verify the integrity of the containment systems and to confirm that area groundwater is not adversely impacted by the landfill. This is accomplished by obtaining groundwater samples from the monitoring wells on the perimeter of the landfill, which are screened in Stratum I, Stratum I-A, and Stratum II. The TCEQ-approved Subtitle D groundwater monitoring system consists of 26 monitoring wells consisting of a shallow and deep well pair at 13 locations; MW1-1, MW1-2, MW1-3, MW1-4(R), MW1-5, MW1-6, MW1-7, MW1-8, MW2-10, MW3-17, • MW3-19, MW3-20, and MW3-21(R). The existing monitoring wells were installed'in 1991. The proposed groundwater monitoring system will consist of a total of 49 monitoring 'wells. Fifteen of the proposed wells are shallow (Stratum I-A) and 34 of the proposed wells are deep (Stratum II). The final system will consist of 39 down gradient and 10 upgradient monitoring wells. Existing and. proposed monitoring well locations are shown in Part III, Attachments 4 and 5. The proposed monitoring wells will be phased into the groundwater monitoring program as the site develops. • The current landfill gas (LFG) monitoring network will be expanded due to the proposed expansion of.the permit boundary. Twenty-nine additional LFG • monitoring probes will be added along the perimeter of the proposed permit boundary and 13 existing LFG monitoring probes, which interfere with the landfill expansion, will be decommissioned. The design and location of the existing and proposed methane gas probes is provided for in Part III,Attachment 14. • The existing GCCS system will be expanded along with the proposed landfill expansion. Refer to Part III,Attachment 14 for additional information regarding the expansion of the existing system. • Blue Ridge Landfill will post financial assurance in accordance with§330.280 to assure that sufficient funds are available to complete closure and postclosure activities. Closure and postclosure cost estimates, which the financial assurance is based on, are included in Part III, Attachment 8. Postclosure care activities include 30 years of site monitoring and maintenance after site closure. • Blue Ridge Landfill employees and other persons involved in facility operations will be qualified,trained,educated,and experienced to perform their duties so as to achieve compliance with this permit. Blue Ridge Landfill will verify that all appropriate personnel are trained and obtain letters of competency in MSW management commensurate with their levels and positions of responsibility. Weaver Boos Consultants,LLC Southwest C:ID000M -IIREF0000ALOCArS—n7EWPlarrucaz.DOC Rev.q 12/28R005 Application Summary 5 of 6 • They will also verify that appropriate personnel are familiar with the safety • procedures, contingency plans,requirements of the Commission's rules,and this permit, commensurate with their levels and positions of responsibility, in accordance with the Site Development Plan, Part III, and the Site Operating Plan,Part N of the application. • The facility includes an existing permitted Wood Waste Grinding Area and Liquid Waste Bulking Facility. The wood grinding area is used to process wood waste material to wood chips. The wood chips are either used off-site for beneficial re-use projects or are used at the landfill to assist with erosion control. The Liquid Waste Bulking Facility receives liquid waste from restaurants and other commercial and industrial customers. The liquid waste material is solidified through the addition of bullring agents before the material is disposed of at the working face of the landfill. The operating plan for both of these facilities, which have been in operation for numerous years, is included in Part N of this application(refer to Part IV,Appendix NC and Appendix ND). • Weaver Boos Consultants,LLC—Southwest C:IDOCUME-1IREF000O1LOCALS-JtT WPt4PPUC42.DOC Rev.0.1212812005 Application Summary 6 of 6 Table 1 Expansion Information • Blue Ridge Landfill Permit Boundary 598.6 acres 1,344.88 acres Permit Boundary Expansion 0 acres 746 28 acres Increase Landfill Disposal Area 301.89 acres 784.24 acres Landfill Disposal Area Expansion Increase 0 acres 482.35 acres Remaining Landfill Disposal Capacity(waste/daily cover 16,882,000 cy 158,000,000 cy I soils) • Capacity Gained by the 0 cy 141,118,000 cy Expansion • Portion of Capacity that will 0 cy 18,500,000 cy be Permitted for Class I Waste Airspace Volume Consumed 9,878,000 cy' 9,878,000 cy to date Total Landfill Design 26,760,000 cy 167,878,000 cy Capacity Undeveloped Disposal Area 217 acres 686.9 acres to be Lined Highest Elevation 127.50 ft-msl 235 ft-msl Height Increase Due to 0 feet 107.50 feet Expansion Height Above Existing Grade 57.50 feet 165.00 feet `Based on February 15,2004 topographic map. 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